Upper Silesia

Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of , located today mostly in , with . The area is predominantly known for its heavy industry.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Łaziska Power Station and Saint Nicholas church in Mikołów-Bujaków.

Power station
Photo: Piotrus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a thermal power station in , . The first was inaugurated in 1917. In 1929, an 87.1 MW unit was inaugurated making it to the largest power station in Poland at those days.

Church
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Peak
Photo: Maciejan, Public domain.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mikołów and Łaziska Górne.

Town
Photo: Marek Świerski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in , in southern , near the city of . Outer town of the , a metropolis with a population of over 2 million, and is within a greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people. is situated 5 km east of Upper Silesia.

Town
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in in southern , near . Outer town of the – metropolis with a population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands.

Town
Photo: Olerys, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in in southern , near . Borders on the – metropolis with a population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands. is situated 5 km southwest of Upper Silesia.

Upper Silesia

Latitude
50.1667° or 50° 10′ north
Longitude
18.8333° or 18° 50′ east
Population
3,010,000
Elevation
322 metres (1,056 feet)
Open location code
9F2W5R8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
3082777
Wiki­data ID
Q81011
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Upper Silesia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سيليزيا العليا”
  • Armenian: “Վերին Սիլեզիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yuxarı Sileziya”
  • Basque: “Silesia Garaia”
  • Belarusian: “Верхняя Сілезія”
  • Belarusian: “Верхняя Сылезія”
  • Bulgarian: “Горна Силезия”
  • Catalan: “Alta Silèsia”
  • Chinese: “Siōng Silesia”
  • Chinese: “上西利西亞”
  • Chinese: “上西里西亚”
  • Chinese: “上西里西亞”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Yuqarı Sileziya”
  • Croatian: “Gornja Šleska”
  • Czech: “Horní Slezsko”
  • Danish: “Oberschlesien”
  • Danish: “Øvre Schlesien”
  • Dutch: “Boven-Silezië”
  • Dutch: “Opper-Silezië”
  • Esperanto: “Supera Silezio”
  • Esperanto: “Supra Silezio”
  • Estonian: “Ülem-Sileesia”
  • Finnish: “Ylä-Sleesia”
  • French: “duché de Haute-Silésie”
  • French: “Haute-Silésie”
  • French: “Silésie supérieure”
  • German: “Aeberschläsing”
  • German: “Górny Śląsk”
  • German: “Gōrny Ślōnsk”
  • German: “Herzogtum Ober-Schlesien”
  • German: “Herzogtum Oberschlesien”
  • German: “Horní Slezsko”
  • German: “O/S”
  • German: “Oberschläsing”
  • German: “Oberschlesien”
  • Greek: “Άνω Σιλεσία”
  • Hebrew: “שלזיה עילית”
  • Hungarian: “Felső-Szilézia”
  • Hungarian: “Górny Śląsk”
  • Hungarian: “Oberschlesien”
  • Indonesian: “Silesia Hulu”
  • Italian: “Alta Slesia”
  • Japanese: “オーバーシュレージエン”
  • Japanese: “オーバーシュレジェン”
  • Japanese: “オーバーシュレジエン”
  • Japanese: “オーバーシレジア”
  • Japanese: “上シュレージエン”
  • Japanese: “上シレジア”
  • Japanese: “上シレジア地方”
  • Lithuanian: “Aukštutinė Silezija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Uewerschlesien”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Siong Silesia”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Siōng Silesia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Górny Śląsk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oberschlesien”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Øvre Schlesien”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øvre Schlesien”
  • Norwegian: “Øvre Schlesien”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Nauta Silèsia”
  • Persian: “سیلزی علیا”
  • Polish: “Górny Śląsk”
  • Polish: “Śląsk Górny”
  • Portuguese: “Alta Silésia”
  • Portuguese: “Silésia Superior”
  • Romanian: “ducatul Sileziei Superioare”
  • Romanian: “Silezia Superioară”
  • Russian: “Верхняя Силезия”
  • Santali: “ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱞᱤᱞᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟ”
  • Serbian: “Горња Шлеска”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gornja Šleska”
  • Silesian: “Górny Śląsk”
  • Silesian: “Gōrny Ślōnsk”
  • Silesian: “Gurny Slunsk”
  • Silesian: “Gůrny Ślůnsk”
  • Slovak: “Horné Sliezsko”
  • Slovenian: “Gornja Šlezija”
  • Slovenian: “Oberschlesien”
  • Slovenian: “Zgornja Šlezija”
  • Spanish: “Alta Silesia”
  • Spanish: “Silesia Superior”
  • Swedish: “Górny Śląsk”
  • Swedish: “Oberschlesien”
  • Swedish: “Övre Schlesien”
  • Turkish: “Yukarı Silezya”
  • Ukrainian: “Верхня Сілезія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Hornja Šleska”
  • Venetian: “Alta Slèzia”
  • Welsh: “Upper Silesia”

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